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xerces8 · ‎02-03-2021

Player 16.1.0 build-17198959 on Windows 10 Pro. It happens every few days that keyboard and mouse input stops working in a virtual machine. The VM is running Oracle Linux, vmware tools are installe...

Player 16.1.0 build-17198959 on Windows 10 Pro. It happens every few days that keyboard and mouse input stops working in a virtual machine. The VM is running Oracle Linux, vmware tools are installed. I think this happens when the (external) monitor goes to sleep and Windows reshuffles the windows. After that the mouse pointer moves in the VM, but clicks are not registered. Neither does the keyboard work. A workaround is to enable full screen mode , then it start working again, even if I return to windowed mode. As I found a workaround this is not very urgent, but a fix would be welcome.

xerces8 · ‎11-16-2020

The edges of the VM window are only one pixel wide. This makes resizing them very hard, as one must place the pointer exactly on that one pixel. Other apps have regular (thicker) borders. Doesn't V...

The edges of the VM window are only one pixel wide. This makes resizing them very hard, as one must place the pointer exactly on that one pixel. Other apps have regular (thicker) borders. Doesn't VMWare have GUI test team? Seems like a beginners mistake. Is there any workaround, hidden setting? This is Player version 16.0.0 build-16894299 on Windows 10.

xerces8 · ‎10-09-2013

Hi! I encountered this problem with VMware Player 5.0.2 and 6.0.0. See NAT: DNS returns bogus entries for gory details. In short: With a VM that uses NAT networking (which is the default...

Hi! I encountered this problem with VMware Player 5.0.2 and 6.0.0. See NAT: DNS returns bogus entries for gory details. In short: With a VM that uses NAT networking (which is the default), VMware sometimes picks up and uses the wrong DNS server from the hosts network. In my case, my host (Windows is connected by LAN cable to a home router. Once in the past, I connected via WLAN to another network. VMware Player uses the DNS settings from the WLAN, even if it is currently not connected. Workaround: turn off automatic "Auto detect available DNS servers" in the NAT settings and enter the correct DNS server IP manually. Details: - my hosts LAN connection has the IP 192.168.222.117, the default gateway is 192.168.222.1 and DNS server also 192.168.222.1 - the now disconnected WLAN adapter had the IP 192.168.1.3, gateway 192.168.1.1 and name server 213.161.0.10 213.161.0.20 I used a network sniffer (WireShark) to find out that VMware player was sending DNS queries to 213.161.0.10. Feel free to ask for any other information. Regards, David

xerces8 · ‎10-07-2013

In the network settings of VMware, under NAT Settings ... / DNS Settings... , I turned off the option "Auto detect available DNS servers" and entered 192.168.222.1 (my system DNS server). Now ev...

In the network settings of VMware, under NAT Settings ... / DNS Settings... , I turned off the option "Auto detect available DNS servers" and entered 192.168.222.1 (my system DNS server). Now everything works OK. It seems the auto detect code has some problems.

xerces8 · ‎10-07-2013

I did a packet capture on the host system and it turns out VMware Player sends the DNS queries to a DNS server of a competing ISP, which answers with REFUSED. So my host (192.168.222.117) is c...

I did a packet capture on the host system and it turns out VMware Player sends the DNS queries to a DNS server of a competing ISP, which answers with REFUSED. So my host (192.168.222.117) is connected via wired LAN to my home router (192.168.222.1), which is connected to a DSL modem. My host sends all "normal" DNS queries to 192.168.222.1, which forwards them to the ISP DNS server(84.x.y.z). And the reply comes in the opposite direction. No errors. But when a vmware guest sends a DNS query to 192.168.111.2 (the DNS server address sent by DHCP from vmware Player), vmware sends that query to 213.u.w.v (DNS server of a different ISP in same country). When sends a reply with status REFUSED. It is bizarre. Why would VMware send DNS queries to anything but the system configured DNS server???? Anyone?

xerces8 · ‎10-06-2013

I did the checks and everything is normal. I reverted to version 5.0.2.

xerces8 · ‎10-06-2013

Here is the same problem reported by someone else in 2010, it also has packet captures: http://www.enchantedage.com/vmware-bad-dns-1 Basically the DNS server returns ERROR REFUSED (Flags: 0x8...

Here is the same problem reported by someone else in 2010, it also has packet captures: http://www.enchantedage.com/vmware-bad-dns-1 Basically the DNS server returns ERROR REFUSED (Flags: 0x8185 (Standard query response, Refused))

xerces8 · ‎10-06-2013

Hi! Running Ubuntu in a VM with VMware Player 6.0.0 build-1295980 on Windows 8 Pro 64 bit, I changed the virtual DVD unit type to "Use physical drive E;" and enabled the "Connected" option. R...

Hi! Running Ubuntu in a VM with VMware Player 6.0.0 build-1295980 on Windows 8 Pro 64 bit, I changed the virtual DVD unit type to "Use physical drive E;" and enabled the "Connected" option. Right then VMWare crashed with Exception 0xc0000005 (access violation) has occurred. I'll attach the ZIP file collected by the vm-support.vbs script. Regards, David

xerces8 · ‎09-29-2013

Here is some debug output using dig and host (192.168.159.2 is the DNS server address as sent by DHCP): $ host -v www.google.com Trying "www.google.com" Received 32 bytes from 127.0.1.1...

Here is some debug output using dig and host (192.168.159.2 is the DNS server address as sent by DHCP): $ host -v www.google.com Trying "www.google.com" Received 32 bytes from 127.0.1.1#53 in 15 ms Trying "www.google.com.localdomain" ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 30063 ;; flags: qr aa ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;www.google.com.localdomain. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: www.google.com.localdomain. 5 IN A 173.194.35.179 Received 60 bytes from 127.0.1.1#53 in 14 ms Trying "www.google.com.localdomain" Host www.google.com.localdomain not found: 5(REFUSED) Received 44 bytes from 127.0.1.1#53 in 31 ms Trying "www.google.com.localdomain" Host www.google.com.localdomain not found: 5(REFUSED) Received 44 bytes from 127.0.1.1#53 in 16 ms $ host -v www.google.com 8.8.8.8 Trying "www.google.com" Using domain server: Name: 8.8.8.8 Address: 8.8.8.8#53 Aliases: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 42891 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 6, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;www.google.com. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: www.google.com. 134 IN A 173.194.70.104 www.google.com. 134 IN A 173.194.70.106 www.google.com. 134 IN A 173.194.70.105 www.google.com. 134 IN A 173.194.70.99 www.google.com. 134 IN A 173.194.70.147 www.google.com. 134 IN A 173.194.70.103 Received 128 bytes from 8.8.8.8#53 in 34 ms Trying "www.google.com" ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 37509 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;www.google.com. IN AAAA ;; ANSWER SECTION: www.google.com. 300 IN AAAA 2a00:1450:4001:c02::68 Received 60 bytes from 8.8.8.8#53 in 48 ms Trying "www.google.com" ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 35903 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;www.google.com. IN MX ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: google.com. 60 IN SOA ns1.google.com. dns-admin.google.com. 1533863 7200 1800 1209600 300 Received 82 bytes from 8.8.8.8#53 in 36 ms $ host -v www.google.com 192.168.159.2 Trying "www.google.com" Received 32 bytes from 192.168.159.2#53 in 15 ms Trying "www.google.com.localdomain" Using domain server: Name: 192.168.159.2 Address: 192.168.159.2#53 Aliases: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 34254 ;; flags: qr aa; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;www.google.com.localdomain. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: www.google.com.localdomain. 5 IN A 173.194.35.178 Received 60 bytes from 192.168.159.2#53 in 13 ms Trying "www.google.com.localdomain" Host www.google.com.localdomain not found: 5(REFUSED) Received 44 bytes from 192.168.159.2#53 in 15 ms Trying "www.google.com.localdomain" Host www.google.com.localdomain not found: 5(REFUSED) Received 44 bytes from 192.168.159.2#53 in 15 ms $ dig www.google.com ; <<>> DiG 9.9.2-P1 <<>> www.google.com ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: REFUSED, id: 21052 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1 ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION: ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; MBZ: 0005 , udp: 4096 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;www.google.com. IN A ;; Query time: 16 msec ;; SERVER: 127.0.1.1#53(127.0.1.1) ;; WHEN: Sun Sep 29 19:56:07 2013 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 43 $ dig @8.8.8.8 www.google.com ; <<>> DiG 9.9.2-P1 <<>> @8.8.8.8 www.google.com ; (1 server found) ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 5098 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 6, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1 ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION: ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 512 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;www.google.com. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: www.google.com. 94 IN A 173.194.70.104 www.google.com. 94 IN A 173.194.70.106 www.google.com. 94 IN A 173.194.70.105 www.google.com. 94 IN A 173.194.70.99 www.google.com. 94 IN A 173.194.70.147 www.google.com. 94 IN A 173.194.70.103 ;; Query time: 34 msec ;; SERVER: 8.8.8.8#53(8.8.8.8) ;; WHEN: Sun Sep 29 19:55:52 2013 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 139 $ dig @192.168.159.2 www.google.com ; <<>> DiG 9.9.2-P1 <<>> @192.168.159.2 www.google.com ; (1 server found) ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: REFUSED, id: 53146 ;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1 ;; WARNING: recursion requested but not available ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION: ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; MBZ: 0005 , udp: 4096 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;www.google.com. IN A ;; Query time: 16 msec ;; SERVER: 192.168.159.2#53(192.168.159.2) ;; WHEN: Sun Sep 29 20:04:26 2013 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 43

xerces8 · ‎09-24-2013

Now it is even worse. I started a VM with the SystemRescueCD and now it is like this: % ping rtv.si ping: unknown host rtv.si % nslookup rtv.si Server: 192.168.159.2 Address: 192.168...

Now it is even worse. I started a VM with the SystemRescueCD and now it is like this: % ping rtv.si ping: unknown host rtv.si % nslookup rtv.si Server: 192.168.159.2 Address: 192.168.159.2#53 ** server can't find rtv.si: NXDOMAIN % nslookup rtv.si 8.8.8.8 Server: 8.8.8.8 Address: 8.8.8.8#53 Non-authoritative answer: Name: rtv.si Address: 91.185.213.134 % ping rtv.si PING 91.185.213.134 (91.185.213.134) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 91.185.213.134: icmp_seq=1 ttl=128 time=13.9 ms So IP networking works, just the DNS server presented by VMWare Player is broken. I'm open for ideas...

xerces8 · ‎09-24-2013

Almost the same thing as a few years ago happened: server 1.0.10 NAT: DNS not working xerces8 wrote (Nov 2, 2009 1:40 PM): I just updated VMWare Server from 1.0.9 to 1.0.10 and now DNS d...

Almost the same thing as a few years ago happened: server 1.0.10 NAT: DNS not working xerces8 wrote (Nov 2, 2009 1:40 PM): I just updated VMWare Server from 1.0.9 to 1.0.10 and now DNS does not work in guest that have set up NAT networking. Tried Ubuntu 9.04 and 9.10, also Windows XP. All using default (automatic) network settings. I can ping any numerical address, but DNS resolution does not work. If I set manually a DNS server offered by my ISP in the guests, then it works. Is this some regression with 1.0.10 ? I'm sure the same VM worked before the update. Regards, David This time I was using VMWare Player 5.0.2 on Windows 8 Pro 64 bit. I had a few VMs working fine. Then I updated to Player 6.0.0, created a new VM for Windows8 and installed Windows 8.1 Preview into it. There I noticed tha DNS does not work; - ping 8.8.8.8 (Google's DNS server) - works - nslookup www.najdi.si returns: C:\Users\stein>nslookup www.najdi.si Server: UnKnown Address: 192.168.91.2 Name: www.najdi.si.localdomain Addresses: 89.143.229.238 - ping www.najdi.si gives: Ping request could not find host www.najdi.si. Please check the name and try again. - ipconfig /all output: C:\Users\stein>ipconfig /all Windows IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : clearblue Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : localdomain Ethernet adapter Ethernet0: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : localdomain Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) 82574L Gigabit Network Connectio n Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0C-29-7A-CD-FB DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::8c9b:97f9:f57a:3e7c%5(Preferred) IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.91.128(Preferred) Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 22. september 2013 3:17:54 Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 22. september 2013 3:47:53 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.91.2 DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.91.254 DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 83889193 DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-19-CF-F0-F8-00-0C-29-7A-CD-FB DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.91.2 Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.91.2 NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled Tunnel adapter isatap.localdomain: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : localdomain Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes A Ubuntu guest VM also had problems with DNS resolution (worked fine before), so I decided to revert back to Player version 5.0.2. It did not help, so I uninstalled it, cleaned up ( "Manually cleaning a Windows system" at VMware KB: Cleaning up after an incomplete uninstallation on a Windows host ) and then reinstalled Player v5.0.2. After that a quick test with http://www.sysresccd.org ISO worked, but when I tried the Windows 8.1 VM the problems started again. I started the SystemRescueCd again and I got: % ping rtv.si PING rtv.si.localdomain (91.185.213.134) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 91.185.213.134: icmp_seq=1 ttl=128 time=13.1 ms 64 bytes from 91.185.213.134: icmp_seq=2 ttl=128 time=13.9 ms This is slightly better, but still not correct (it should say "PING rtv.si" , not "PING rtv.si.localdomain"). It seems the DNS server of VMWare Player is sending broken replies. Any idea how to resolve this?

xerces8 · ‎11-09-2012

VMWare Player 5.0.1 build-894247 on window s7 Pro SP1 64 bit. Each time I start the player, its window is unresponsive for about 10 seconds. The title bar has "(Not Responding)" appended to t...

VMWare Player 5.0.1 build-894247 on window s7 Pro SP1 64 bit. Each time I start the player, its window is unresponsive for about 10 seconds. The title bar has "(Not Responding)" appended to the window title and the window body is blank. This happened with 5.0.0 and now with 5.0.1. After the 10-15 seconds it works normally, but it is annoying to wait each time. Does this happen to others too? Is there a solution? Regards, David PS: Why does the forum banner say "VMware Player 4.0 is available" when 5.0.1 is out?

xerces8 · ‎09-28-2012

Is it possible to select the boot priorities in the VM settings? The BIOS boot message is displayed for only a split second and the it goes to boot from HDD, when I want to boot from CD. I ...

Is it possible to select the boot priorities in the VM settings? The BIOS boot message is displayed for only a split second and the it goes to boot from HDD, when I want to boot from CD. I literally am trying it for over 10 minutes now. Using VMWare Player 5.0 on Windows 7 (guest is XP).

xerces8 · ‎09-06-2012

Hi! I have VMware Player 5.0.0 on Windows 7 64bit. I have one virtual machine configured that I use daily. I noticed that in the start menu, the VMware Player item has only one submenu i...

Hi! I have VMware Player 5.0.0 on Windows 7 64bit. I have one virtual machine configured that I use daily. I noticed that in the start menu, the VMware Player item has only one submenu item: Create a new virtual machine Why arent the existing VMs listed there, like recently used documents are listed for most other applications? It is the same when right clicking the task bar icon of an already runninf VMplayer instance. Is this some bug? Regards, David

xerces8 · ‎08-17-2012

OK, I unistalled the old VMWare Tools, then installed the new one (Version: 8.8.4, build-743747). I guess programming an update procedure that just works is still one of the hardest things t...

OK, I unistalled the old VMWare Tools, then installed the new one (Version: 8.8.4, build-743747). I guess programming an update procedure that just works is still one of the hardest things to do...

xerces8 · ‎08-17-2012

I use VMWare Player 4.0.4 on Windows 7 host. I run a VM with Windows XP Pro SP3 and when I try to update the VMWare Tools, I get the error: Files in Use Some files that need to be updated ar...

I use VMWare Player 4.0.4 on Windows 7 host. I run a VM with Windows XP Pro SP3 and when I try to update the VMWare Tools, I get the error: Files in Use Some files that need to be updated are currently in use. The following applications are using files that need to be updated by this setup. Close these applications and click Retry to continue. VMWare Tools The thing is, VMWare Tools has no close button. I will try to manually unistall the older Tools, then install the new one. Until then VMWare should fix this. Regards, David PS: The old Tools version is build-203137 (this is all it says in the about box). In the Control Panel / Add or Remove Programs it says version 3.1.0000 Message was edited by: xerces8

xerces8 · ‎10-01-2007

I activated it by phone (cost me 2 EUR, thank you MS !), then installed vmware tools and ... it wants to be activated again !!! Of course, again, it does not work ! I can browse the web and e...

I activated it by phone (cost me 2 EUR, thank you MS !), then installed vmware tools and ... it wants to be activated again !!! Of course, again, it does not work ! I can browse the web and everything, but the activation wizard is checking the connectivity and checking ... and checking ... and checking ... Really a great tool to force users into using pirated versions that "Just Work(tm)"... Is the activation thing using some strange protocols ? PS:OK, which (sorry for the expression) idiot wrote this new forum ? It's dreadful.

xerces8 · ‎09-25-2007

I decided to migrate Windows XP Pro SP2 from my laptop into a VM on my workstation. I did it by cloning the laptop disk to the virtual disk. I can boot the VM, but after logging in, i...

I decided to migrate Windows XP Pro SP2 from my laptop into a VM on my workstation. I did it by cloning the laptop disk to the virtual disk. I can boot the VM, but after logging in, it requires re-activation (not a surprise). The problem is, that when I proceed with activation (over internet), it hangs at "Checking for connectivity...". I left it for hours. I can close the dialog and then it throws me back at the login screen. Any idea what to do ? The VM (see attached vmx file) has NAT networking, which works (tested by booting a linux CD in the same VM). I also checked the VM hardware clock and it is set correctly. Any idea how to resolve this ? Regards, David For legal doubts : Windows was preinstalled on the laptop and there is a COA sticker at its bottom.

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Input not working suddenly in a VM

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